Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan endured the Forbidden Zone Supremes’ attacks while using them to temper himself, and he tried to unsettle them by announcing that Old Golden Crow was nearing the end of his tribulation. Meng Chuan revealed to the Dao Realm Emperors that Ye Fan’s battle was taking place in an Illusory Universe Light Fragment created for his growth.

• Ye Fan used a mysterious Furnace method to turn the Supremes’ attacks into Dao Fire and drive his Transformation, though their numbers still left him badly injured.
• Ye Fan shouted across the universe that Old Golden Crow was about to become a Great Emperor and would suppress the Dark Turmoil, making the Supremes anxious.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and Ruthless divined into the mystery and confronted Meng Chuan, who showed them Ye Fan’s situation.
• Meng Chuan explained that the Illusory Universe Light Fragment was a parallel world in which Ye Fan and his experiences were real, while everyone else was an illusion.
• The Emperors recognized that Ye Fan’s Furnace method resembled Meng Chuan’s Dao Fire Furnace, and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body teased Meng Chuan for treating Ye Fan like a secret son.

Ye Fan transformed into an Alternative Dao Attainer and fought more than ten Supremes, but their combined Ultimate Sublimation attack destroyed his body. Meng Chuan stopped the Supremes from targeting Ye Fan’s loved ones and sealed them away, while the Dark Turmoil ended with Ye Fan still missing.

• The Golden Crow Great Emperor attained the Dao and joined the battle against the Supremes, while Ye Fan continued fighting alongside the Emperor Weapons.
• Ye Fan underwent another Transformation, reached Alternative Dao Attainment, and held off more than ten Supremes as Gai Jiuyou and Chuan Ying fought elsewhere.
• The Supremes entered Ultimate Sublimation together and blasted Ye Fan into dust, but they could not determine whether he was dead or locate his hidden backup.
• The Supremes threatened to unleash another Dark Turmoil and torment Ye Fan’s loved ones, but Meng Chuan froze them, returned them to the Forbidden Zone, and ordered them to wait for Ye Fan to attain the Dao.
• Gai Jiuyou and Chuan Ying died after defeating two Supremes, the Golden Crow Great Emperor survived gravely wounded, and the Dark Turmoil ended with Ye Fan’s whereabouts unknown.

After recovering from the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s attack, Ye Fan spent five hundred years preparing to attain the Dao against Heaven while an emperor ruled the age. He began his tribulation by attacking the Forbidden Zone Supremes, who had been released to try to kill him.

• Meng Chuan explained that Ye Fan was slowly reviving through his undying Primordial Spirit and Nirvana Method, using the time to approach Attainment of the Dao.
• Over five hundred years, Ye Fan returned to life, cultivated in secret, and strengthened his physique, Dao, techniques, and weapon until he could defeat a Perfect Great Emperor with ease.
• Ye Fan summoned his Emperor Tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier, challenging the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s rule by attempting to attain the Dao in defiance of Heaven.
• Meng Chuan released the Forbidden Zone Supremes, promising they could live if they killed Ye Fan; one Supreme revealed that Meng Chuan had sent them.
• Ye Fan recognized the bargain and charged at the Supremes with his Thunder Tribulation, determined to kill them rather than let them survive because of him.

Ye Fan survived his Great Calamity, attained the Dao above the Myriad Daos, and fought the Forbidden Zone Supremes. After he eradicated the Life Forbidden Zones and ended the Dark Turmoil, the Golden Crow Great Emperor named him Heavenly Emperor Ye.

• The Forbidden Zone Supremes struck Ye Fan during his Great Calamity, drawing tribulations upon themselves and grievously wounding him.
• Ye Fan emerged from the tribulation clouds alive and rose above the Myriad Daos and the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s Imprint.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor sided with Ye Fan and drew one Supreme away as Ye Fan attacked the remaining Supremes.
• Ye Fan fought the Forbidden Zone Supremes, killed roughly ten of them, and eradicated every Life Forbidden Zone, while the Golden Crow Great Emperor dragged his opponent to his death.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor called Ye Fan the Heavenly Emperor, and the Universe roared, “Heavenly Emperor Ye!”

Ye Fan became Heavenly Emperor in the fragments of Illusion Universe Light, impressing Meng Chuan and the other Emperors. Meng Chuan explained that Ye Fan would not bring that cultivation back to the real world, then conceded that Ye Fan's illusory attainment did not count toward his bet with Ruthless.

• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body regretted overlooking Ye Fan, while the Azure Emperor and Meng Chuan praised Ye Fan's achievements in the fragments of Illusion Universe Light.
• Meng Chuan reflected on Ye Fan's potential to surpass Immortal Emperor and joked about having Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and Meng Qi beside and below him.
• Huang Tian asked whether Ye Fan would keep his illusory cultivation, and Meng Chuan explained that he would return without it because attaining the Dao in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands was harder.
• After the Azure Emperor noted that Ye Fan had already gained real experience, Meng Chuan remembered his bet with Ruthless and excitedly argued that Ye Fan had attained the Dao first.
• Ruthless pointed out that Meng Chuan had called the experience fake, and Meng Chuan admitted that Ye Fan's illusory attainment did not count toward their bet.

Meng Chuan explained the Immortal Peak to Ruthless and urged her to pursue it, while Ruthless assessed the contest between Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei to attain the Dao. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan and Ruthless both believing in their chosen contenders.

• Meng Chuan asked Ruthless when she would become a Red Dust Immortal, and she said she needed more time to accumulate and reach Perfection.
• Meng Chuan told Ruthless that cultivators could advance beyond the Nine-Lifetime Red Dust Immortal to the Immortal Peak, where they could fight an ordinary Immortal King, and she chose to pursue it.
• Meng Chuan said Ye Fan had an advantage in the contest to attain the Dao, but Ruthless warned that Lu Mingfei’s Bloodline made the final hurdle nearly effortless.
• Meng Chuan declared his belief in Ye Fan and his Undercover Agent, while Ruthless also believed in the Undercover Agent.

Ye Fan ruled the Universe as Heavenly Emperor and founded the Heavenly Court, while the Golden Crow Great Emperor struggled with living in his shadow. As the Golden Crow Great Emperor died, he cursed Ye Fan, leaving Ye Fan to wonder if he had become like the Heavenly Emperor of the Real World.

• Meng Chuan left Ruthless's Small World after their long conversation, while Ye Fan worried that the Universe's cries of "Heavenly Emperor Ye" would bring danger from the Dao Realm.
• Ye Fan recovered, united the Universe under his rule, and founded the Heavenly Court after realizing that the Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Court held a path to Changsheng.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor endured being overshadowed by Ye Fan and kept his Demon Court clear of conflict with the Heavenly Court.
• Ye Fan visited the aging Golden Crow Great Emperor to see him off, and the Great Emperor cursed him before dying.
• Ye Fan reflected that he had outlived the Golden Crow Great Emperor and laughed at the thought that he was becoming like the Heavenly Emperor of the Real World.

Ye Fan returned to the Real World after spending fifty thousand years in an Illusion fragment as Heavenly Emperor Ye, then went to confront Uncle Meng about the Dream. Uncle Meng revealed that he was Ye Fan’s godfather.

• After Ye Fan’s second lifetime ended, the Illusion fragment continued until Heavenly Emperor Ye reached Nine-Lifetime Immortal Ascension, and Meng Chuan let the fragment dissipate.
• Ye Fan awoke in the Ji Family’s care, comforted Ji Ziyue and his younger sisters, then set off to find Luzi.
• Ye Fan questioned Luzi about the Dream, but Luzi told him to ask the person he already knew he needed to see.
• Ye Fan traveled to Earth Star and entered Uncle Meng’s home, where he asked whether Uncle Meng was Heavenly Emperor Ye.
• Uncle Meng answered that he was Ye Fan’s godfather.

Ye Fan confronted Uncle Meng and learned that Meng Chuan was a friend of the Heavenly Emperor and that Ye Fan himself was the Heavenly Emperor Successor. Ye Fan accepted the revelation but left Earth Star overwhelmed by how strange it felt.

• Ye Fan told Uncle Meng that he had figured out his identity, and Meng Chuan teased him before revealing that he was not the Heavenly Emperor but had a friend who was.
• Meng Chuan told Ye Fan that Lu Mingfei was right: Ye Fan was the Heavenly Emperor Successor.
• Ye Fan accepted the truth and realized that Meng Chuan was still the familiar uncle who had been by his side since childhood.
• Meng Chuan urged Ye Fan to go to Beidou and cultivate on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, warning him not to let Lu Mingfei attain the Dao first.
• Ye Fan asked why Meng Chuan had chosen him, and Meng Chuan said Ye Fan was fated to be his successor and that other reasons had brought him to Ye Fan when he was young.
• Ye Fan left Earth Star and stared back at it beneath the stars, realizing that he was far from calm about what he had learned.

Ye Fan visited his parents on Beidou and learned they had long known Uncle Meng was the Heavenly Emperor. After clashing with the Black Emperor, Ye Fan picked a fight with Lu Mingfei, and the chapter ended as they faced off.

• Ye Fan visited his parents, who confirmed they knew Uncle Meng's true identity and explained that he had told them long ago.
• Ye Fan joked with his parents, then fled after his father slapped him and his mother twisted his ear.
• Ye Fan confronted the Black Emperor, fought him, and left after subduing him.
• The Black Emperor went to complain to the Heavenly Emperor that Ye Fan had bullied him.
• Ye Fan restrained himself from picking fights with Heavenly Prodigies, then challenged Lu Mingfei by invoking his status as the Heavenly Emperor's godson.

Meng Chuan discussed the approaching Attainment of the Dao Pass with Lu Mingfei when The Ancient One warned the group that a Space-Time Passage was about to appear in the Marvel Universe. The group discussed possible dangers and Klein’s progress, while Lu Mingfei was embarrassed when Bibi Dong shared an old picture of him transformed by corruption.

• Meng Chuan reassured Lu Mingfei about the coming Attainment of the Dao Pass and promised him rewards, while secretly planning to delay them.
• The Ancient One notified every group member that a Space-Time Passage was about to appear in her Universe, and Meng Chuan asked whether their powerful adversaries had reacted.
• Daigu Madoka explained that the passage itself was not dangerous but the connected world could be, prompting Klein to protest that he had been asleep during the earlier incident.
• Klein told Meng Chuan he had digested his Marionettist Potion and might need help during the coming Backlund Smog Disaster, and Meng Chuan agreed to assist.
• Bibi Dong posted an old picture of Lu Mingfei transformed by corruption from a previous Space-Time Passage, and Lu Mingfei angrily complained that she had kept it.

The Ancient One crossed a newly formed Space-Time Passage into a modern world while powerful beings in the Supreme Land debated the connection between universes. Meng Chuan and the group recognized the world from a battle between two costumed superheroes, though the chapter left its identity unstated.

• The Ancient One opened a livestream as a Space-Time Passage formed beside her, and she sent an Incarnation through to investigate the new world.
• Several watchers in the Supreme Land discussed why the universes had been connected early and decided to wait rather than choose a side.
• The Ancient One crossed into a world beyond the Marvel Multiverse and found herself high above a city in the night rain.
• Meng Chuan used Projection to join the Ancient One, and other online group members followed; Meng Qi remained absent.
• Meng Chuan and Klein recognized the world as two costumed superheroes, Batman and Superman, fought below them.

Meng Chuan left the Ancient One to investigate the connection between the DC and Marvel worlds, then checked on Klein’s preparations in Backlund. The Evil God ritual was nearing its start, but Klein still lacked ingredients for his Bizarro Sorcerer Potion.

• The Ancient One explained that the group had arrived in the DC World, where Batman and Superman were fighting, and Meng Chuan noted the likely connection between the DC and Marvel worlds.
• The group identified Batman and Superman as Superheroes, and Meng Chuan joked that Batman’s superpower was being rich.
• Meng Chuan departed with Klein’s projection, leaving the Ancient One to investigate and warning her to extract the Space-Time Origin if anything unexpected happened.
• Meng Chuan asked Klein about the Backlund Smog Disaster, and Klein said the Evil God ritual was about to begin.
• Klein told Meng Chuan he had not gathered all the ingredients for his Bizarro Sorcerer Potion, and Meng Chuan asked whether he wanted to become The Primordial One.

Klein obtained the ingredients for his Bizarro Sorcerer Potion with Meng Chuan’s help and planned to use the Backlund Smog Disaster for his advancement ritual. He asked Meng Chuan to prevent the disaster from killing people, then imagined how reforms might improve workers’ lives.

• Klein asked Meng Chuan whether he could replace The Primordial One immediately, and Meng Chuan told him to cultivate and defeat the Heavenly Venerable first.
• Meng Chuan brought Klein a Trickster Abomination and a Spirit World Plunderer, and Klein killed them to obtain the ingredients he needed.
• Klein realized he still needed the Bizarro Sorcerer advancement ritual and considered using the Backlund Smog Disaster to stage its grand drama.
• Klein asked Meng Chuan to let the disaster happen without killing people, and Meng Chuan agreed.
• Klein envisioned cleaner air, improved worker protections, and better lives for Backlund’s poor.

Meng Chuan killed the Fallen Creator, took his place as the True Lord Creator, and secretly prepared to help Klein resist the Primordial One. In Backlund, the Aurora Order and Witch Church carried out their smog disaster plot, but the expected evil-God descent failed and the Tarot Club disrupted their plans.

• Meng Chuan repaired Klein's shoulder, then left to deal with the Fallen Creator while asking Klein to invite the female Turncoats to the next Tarot Club gathering.
• Meng Chuan killed the Fallen Creator in his Divine Kingdom and enlightened an Other Self to inherit his power and identity as the True Lord Creator.
• Meng Chuan planned to use his new identity to study the sleeping Primordial One and prepare a safeguard for Klein's future struggle against him.
• The Aurora Order and Witch Church set their Backlund Smog Disaster plot in motion, but their plans went awry when the Tarot Club intervened and a person advanced to Demigod.
• The smog still struck Backlund, and members of the Aurora Order and Witch Church were sacrificed, but the anticipated evil-God descent did not occur.

After the Backlund Smog Disaster, Klein reflected on his new Demigod strength before Audrey praised Mr. Fool and Mr. World for saving the city. Klein then revealed that the True Creator had helped them, leaving the Tarot Club stunned by the connection between the two powerful beings.

• Klein considered how his advancement and Outer Scenery abilities made him powerful enough to face nearly any Demigod and escape an Angel.
• Audrey thanked Mr. Fool for saving Backlund and praised Mr. World for thwarting the Primordial Witch and the Fallen Creator.
• The Fallen Creator knocked on Source Castle's door, and Klein invited Meng the Creator into the Tarot Club meeting.
• Klein introduced Meng the Creator as the True Creator, shocking Audrey and the other Tarot Club members.
• Meng the Creator shared extraordinary knowledge with the Tarot Club and explained that he had once been revered as a righteous god.
• Meng the Creator relayed the Heavenly Emperor's greetings to Klein, leaving the Tarot Club members to wonder about their leaders' power and their own organization.

At a Tarot Club meeting, Klein revealed that the True Creator had become the club’s ally and encouraged its members to seek his help. He ended by telling them that anyone who prayed to the True Creator would need to offer tea leaves.

• Alger suspected that Mr. Fool and the True Creator had worked together to outmaneuver the Primordial Witch during the Backlund Smog Disaster.
• Meng the Creator teased Audrey and Fors before leaving the meeting, and Klein invited the Tarot Club members to ask questions.
• Klein explained that the Fallen Creator had ceased to exist after the Backlund Smog Disaster and that only the True Creator remained.
• Klein told the Tarot Club that the True Creator was a trustworthy ally whose followers would help them, and that Taiyang could pray to him because his Divine Kingdom was in the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Klein said that praying to the True Creator required an offering, then revealed that the offering was tea leaves.

Meng Chuan checked on The Ancient One as she explored the DC World, while the Shrouding the Heavens World saw Supremes fail to attain the Dao. The Dao Realm then announced a special Number One Cultivator Tournament whose winner would become Emperor.

• Meng Chuan learned that The Ancient One had contacted DC superheroes and might make the passage between the Marvel and DC Worlds permanent by extracting the Space-Time Origin.
• Meng Chuan warned The Ancient One to beware of the other Universes as she traveled beyond the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• Chuan Ying, Ning Fei, Emperor Hengyu's son, and many other Supremes attempted the Dao-Attainment Tribulation, but none attained the Dao.
• The Dao Realm announced a special Number One Cultivator Tournament for peak Quasi-Emperors and Alternative Dao Attainers to determine the Number One Under Heaven.
• The tournament's participants understood that its winner would claim the Emperor's position.

The Number One Cultivator Tournament and the promised opening of the Road to Immortality stirred the Universe, while Meng Chuan planned how to use the Immortal Domain to preserve and cultivate talent from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. He left the details of the future Ascension system undecided but intended to connect the Immortal Domain to the mortal world after the Golden Age.

• News of the Number One Cultivator Tournament spread through the Universe, drawing eager competitors from the Different Strange World as well as the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
• The Dao Realm announced that the Road to Immortality would open and the Immortal Domain would appear after the tournament.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body teased Meng Chuan about favoring his three Heavenly Emperor Successors, and Meng Chuan insisted the competition would be fair.
• Meng Chuan proposed connecting the Immortal Domain to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands after the Golden Age, so cultivators who could not attain the Dao might ascend there.
• Meng Chuan considered accepting Quasi-Emperor Peak cultivators and those with Alternative Dao Attainment, allowing them to continue cultivating and potentially become True Immortals or Immortal Kings.

Meng Chuan began the Number One Cultivator Tournament, forcing the Supremes to fight with their true bodies in a series of battles that would end only in victory or death. Ye Fan entered his first battlefield and faced an opponent who feared he had no chance against him.

• Meng Chuan opened the tournament to Quasi-Emperor Peaks and Alternative Dao Attainers, then declared that the contenders would fight with their true bodies.
• Meng Chuan divided the Lesser World into battlefields and arranged for each contender to fight every opponent, restoring their strength after each battle.
• Ye Fan arrived in a vast Star Sea and marveled at the power Meng Chuan had used to create the battlefield.
• Meng Chuan warned Ye Fan that he would spread embarrassing childhood photos if Ye Fan failed to win Number One Under Heaven.
• Ye Fan's first opponent appeared, recognized him, and bitterly accepted that he was likely to lose.